This show debuted in 1995, offering original animated shorts.

In 1994, Hanna-Barbera's new division Cartoon Network Studios was founded and started production on What a Cartoon!. The continuity announcers would call it ' The Cartoon Network,' until 1995, when it was simply dubbed Cartoon Network as it is today.

On October 1, 1992, the network officially launched as the first 24-hour single-genre cable channel with animation as its main theme. On February 18, 1992, Turner Broadcasting announced its plans to launch Cartoon Network as an outlet for an animation library. Ted Turner selected Betty Cohen (then-Senior Vice President of TNT) to devise a network to house these programs. In 1991, Turner also purchased the library of animation studio Hanna-Barbera. On October 8, 1988, its cable channel Turner Network Television was launched and gained an audience with its extensive film library. However, Turner kept much of the film and television library made before May 1986 (including some of the UA library) and formed Turner Entertainment Co. On October 18, Turner forcibly sold back MGM. On August 9, 1986, Turner Broadcasting System acquired Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/ United Artists. Ĭartoon Network offers an alternate Spanish-language audio feed, either via a separate channel with the English audio track removed as part of a package of Spanish-language television networks sold by subscription providers, or a separate audio track accessible through the SAP option, depending on the provider.Īs of March 2021, Cartoon Network is available to approximately 94 million paid television households in the United States.

Cartoon Network primarily targets children aged 6–14, while its early morning Cartoonito block is aimed at preschoolers and kindergarteners aged 2–6, and nighttime block Adult Swim targets older teenagers and young adults aged 18–34. The channel is headquartered at 1050 Techwood Drive NW in Atlanta, Georgia.įounded by Ted Turner (who appointed Betty Cohen as the first president of the network), the channel was launched on October 1, 1992, and primarily broadcasts animated television series, mostly children's programming, ranging from action to animated comedy. It is a part of The Cartoon Network, Inc., a division that also has the broadcasting and production activities of Boomerang, Cartoonito, Adult Swim, and Toonami under its purview. Cartoon Network (often abbreviated as CN) is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros.

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